Between August 2018 and June 2019, approximately 15.7 percent of high school students in the United States experienced cyber bullying during the last 12 months. Students attending the ninth grade were most likely than any other group to be bullied online, with 16 percent of 9th grade survey respondents stating that they had been bullied electronically in the 12 months before the survey. Cyber bullying includes being bullied through text messages, Instagram, Facebook, or other social media.
Share of high school students in the United States who have been electronically bullied during the last 12 months as of June 2019, by grade
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Statistics on Cyber bullying
Prevalence
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Harassment
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- Premium Statistic U.S. cyber bullying environments 2021
- Premium Statistic Share of U.S. teens who have experienced cyber bullying 2018
- Premium Statistic Share of U.S. teens who have experienced cyber bullying 2018, by gender
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- Premium Statistic Teenagers in the U.S. who have tried to help someone who was cyberbullied in 2018
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Awareness
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- Basic Statistic Cyber bullying awareness worldwide 2018, by country
- Basic Statistic Parent awareness of their child being cyber bullied 2018, by country
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- Basic Statistic Parent awareness of cyber bullying via selected platforms 2018
- Basic Statistic Parent awareness of cyber bullying via selected platforms 2018, by region
- Basic Statistic Global opinion on the severity of cyber bullying and counter-methods 2018
- Basic Statistic U.S. college students who think hate speech is a serious social media problem 2019
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Prevention and action
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- Basic Statistic U.S. states with state cyber bullying laws as of January 2021
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- Premium Statistic Facebook: content violation appeals Q1 2022
- Basic Statistic Number of videos removed from YouTube worldwide as of Q3 2022
- Basic Statistic Share of videos removed from YouTube worldwide Q3 2022, by reason
- Basic Statistic Distribution of video comments removed from YouTube worldwide Q3 2022, by reason
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- Cyber bullying: share of bullied students 2012-2013, by sector
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- Cyber bullying: share of bullied students 2012-2013, by victimization reports
- Cyber bullying: share of bullied students 2012-2013, by victim behavior
- Cyber bullying: share of bullied students 2012-2013, by school conditions
- Cyber bullying: share of bullied students 2012-2013, by school enrollment
- Cyber bullying: share of bullied students 2012-2013, by school level
- Cyber bullying: share of bullied students 2012-2013
- U.S. secondary school cyber bullying frequency 2015
- Cyber bullying: share of bullying cases by whether an adult was notified 2012-2013
- Survey on cyber bullying among pupils in Norway 2022, by grade and gender
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- U.S. high school cyber bullying rate 2011-2019
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- Cyber bullying: share of bullied students 2012-2013, by school level
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- Cyber bullying: share of bullying cases by whether an adult was notified 2012-2013
- Survey on cyber bullying among pupils in Norway 2022, by grade and gender
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CDC. (August 21, 2020). Share of high school students in the United States who have been electronically bullied during the last 12 months as of June 2019, by grade [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/290991/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-grade/
CDC. "Share of high school students in the United States who have been electronically bullied during the last 12 months as of June 2019, by grade." Chart. August 21, 2020. Statista. Accessed January 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/290991/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-grade/
CDC. (2020). Share of high school students in the United States who have been electronically bullied during the last 12 months as of June 2019, by grade. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/290991/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-grade/
CDC. "Share of High School Students in The United States Who Have Been Electronically Bullied during The Last 12 Months as of June 2019, by Grade." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/290991/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-grade/
CDC, Share of high school students in the United States who have been electronically bullied during the last 12 months as of June 2019, by grade Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/290991/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-grade/ (last visited January 28, 2023)
Share of high school students in the United States who have been electronically bullied during the last 12 months as of June 2019, by grade [Graph], CDC, August 21, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/290991/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-grade/